[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Gambian Mustapha Jarju, the first African signed to an MLS Designated Player contract, was a bust at Vancouver last season, so the Whitecaps did the sensible thing: they bought his contract and cut him loose. The Montreal Impact signed veteran Jamaican defender Shavar Thomas, who has played 178 MLS games but fell out of favor at Sporting Kansas City in 2011. The Houston Dynamo sent right winger Danny Cruz, who started at MLS Cup 2011, to D.C. United for a partial allocation. For all the offseason player movement ...